By Shianne Gruss, IIHR—Hydroscience & Engineering Citizens of Independence can now access online maps that show how flooding events are likely to affect their community, homes, and businesses. Independence is one of 14 Iowa cities to be part of the Iowa Flood Center’s (IFC) community-based flood inundation mapping project. “We’ve been moving through and trying… Continue Reading »

IIHR director Larry Weber hopes an online tool accessed through the Iowa Flood Center website will keep taking the guesswork out of planning during widespread flooding, the kind many Eastern Iowans dealt with over the last week.

Residents of Cedar Falls and Waterloo have gained a new tool in the fight against floods. The National Weather Service and the Iowa Flood Center have developed an online library of interactive flood inundation maps for the Cedar River.

People who watch the river flowing through Cedar Falls and neighboring Waterloo have two new interactive flood maps to chart rising river levels as a result of a partnership between the Iowa Flood Center and the National Weather Service.

A dynamic, new online flood preparedness tool which will help emergency managers improve flood warnings and response has been developed for the Cedar River at Cedar Falls and Waterloo, Iowa. The National Weather Service collaborated with the Iowa Flood Center to develop a library of flood inundation maps for the Cedar River.